Washoe judge sentences man to 15 years in prison in moped death

9:35 PM,
Apr. 16, 2013

Candido Aniceto-Trejo

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A 44-year-old man was sentenced today to 15 years in Nevada State Prison after he drove an SUV into and killed a Reno man driving a moped on McCarran Boulevard in northeast Reno.

Candido Aniceto-Trejo, 44, was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident involving the death of a human being after he hit Reno resident Eric Thomas just before 11 p.m. on July 7, 2012, the Washoe County District Attorney's Office said.

Aniceto-Trejo veered right in his lane headed westbound on McCarran Boulevard near the U.S. 395 overpass by Northtown Lane and struck the back of Thomas' moped. Thomas was thrown from ...